Specimen Information

Ameiurus natalis
Ameiurus natalis
(Yellow Bullhead)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46834
GroupFishes
GenusAmeiurus
Speciesnatalis
Common NameYellow Bullhead
StateWV
LocalityGauley River system of the lower New drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameGauley
HUC8 Number05050005
Map
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Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1552
Author:Burkhead, N.M, R.E. Jenkins, and E.G. Maurakis
Date:1980
Title:New records, distribution and diagnostic characters of Virginia ictalurid catfishes with an adnexed adipose fin
Journal:Brimleyana
Volume:4
Pages:75-93
Reference 2
Ref. Number:396
Author:Stauffer, J.R., Jr., J.M. Boltz, and L.R. White
Date:1995
Title:The fishes of West Virginia
Publisher:Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Volume:146
Pages:13-19
Commentsregarded as native but may be introduced (Stauffer et al 1995)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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